I bought a copy of The Windflower a couple of weeks ago for 12 bucks. It's currently selling on Amazon for $24. Funny thing is the copy I received has a sticker on it from a yard sale or UBS that says 75 cents. Could you imagine being the lucky dog that picked that one up off the dusty lawn of a yard sale for 75 cents?!

I found a copy at the thrift store near me for 10 cents. Just about blew me away. I was looking through the paperback shelf, and there it was... Paperbacks are usually 30 cents there too, but were on sale that day..:P Mine is an old and well read one though. It has a couple of cleaved spots toward the back and the cover is a little beaten up. I need to get it back out & see if I can repair & spruce it up a bit.

I was shocked to find out that I have a Maggie Osborne that's worth about 18 bucks. Trouble is, I love it too much to sell it. Maybe I'll put a cap on it of about 100 bucks and then I'll let it go......no less!!!

I buy trade-size paperbacks at my UBS and resell them on ebay all the time. Right now I have one up to $12 and 5 days left on the auction; I got it as a free-be for spending $50 - something I do way to often. I've thought about trying to compile a list of books/authors and hitting the local friends of the library sale and other places, but haven't really done so yet. Maybe I should.

I love finding deal on books at thrift stores. I is like a treasure hunt to find a new release for 25 cents. I try to stop in on pay day while I am out paying bills. Plus most thrift store support a good cause in the area.

I've made some potentially profitable finds, if I ever decide to start selling. I had originally planned to back before I joined PBS, and had picked up a lot of things on the cheap that tend to go for over $10 on ebay and Amazon. I never quite got started with it though, which is why I have just under 1000 books stashed in my house, and only about 125 of them currently listed on my PBS shelf.:P Plus I had to come up with storage and inventory systems to keep track of what I get from where. PBS stuff, unless it's a keeper, has to go back into PBS, and the rest, I either put back to sell one of these days, or if it's just meat & potatoes stuff, I post it here. What I had initially wanted to do was offer collectibles at lower prices. That's why I started with the library sales, and learning techniques for reconditioning paperbacks. You can find old books that are worth a little money at the library sales & thrift stores, and put them back into circulation - as it were. But some of them often need a little help first.

Some of my other great finds: Viscount Vagabond and The Devil's Delilah (Signet Regency Romance) and The Sandalwood Princess and Knaves' Wager (Signet Regency Romance) by Loretta Chase. Got both of these at a library sale for 50 cents each, and they're going on Amazon for about $10 each. I have 2 copies each of The Wind and the Sea, China Rose, and Bound by the Heart by Marsha Canham. I was looking for replacement copies for some of my worn out MC keepers, and I had these three already in good shape, but I got a complete collection of her books on ebay for a total of $16 - about $1 each. Those 3 usually go for about $20 for The Wind & the Sea, and $10 each for the other two. I also have some collectible Mary Balogh, Jo Beverley, Shana Abe, and some others I can't think of atm, and I paid an average of about 50 cents each for them. I try to go armed with my lists whenever I know I'm going to be near thrift stores, etc.

Is it difficult to sell on Ebay? I wouldn't mind selling some of my books in Lots since I have almost full collections of several authors.

I just received a wish list book in both paperback and hardback and it turns out they are both averaging $25-80 on used books websites. I had no idea when I got them, I just wanted them for my collection. They are both in excellent condition too.

I think eBay is pretty easy, once you get things figured out. I've posted individual books as well as small lots. eBay has a feature where you plug in the ISBN and the book's publisher, date, and other descriptions are automatically added to the listing. I then add in the back blurb (which I get from my Byron or fictiondb.com). I offer shipping discounts for multiple purchases. eBay keeps track of getting paid (if it is paid for via paypal), helps you print shipping labels through paypal, etc. I can clear a couple hundred bucks (depending on the books I'm selling) with 3-6 hours worth of work. Not enough to live off, but enough to buy PBS credits and ebooks to keep my TBR pile well stocked.

I scooped up a box lot of books on Ebay last fall for like $10. I pulled out one book (Sizzle by Jennifer Crusie) and resold that for $20. Since I already have a copy (bought it new at the bookstore at the time it came out) it was a good deal for me. A bunch of free books and a little money to boot!

I found Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas, mint with dust jacket at the recycling center for $1. I posted it here though. I don't know what it was new but it had a good size WL. I've thought about selling some of my books on ebay but PBS is more fun.

Recently I bought the entire 6 book (to date) set of Outlander PLUS the Companion on Ebay - IN HARDBACK NO LESS for $24 then I turned around and sold the Companion for $18. LOL Sometimes if you look hard enough you can find great deals.

i am grateful to all of you who post those hard to find books here on PBS! I've posted a few books (not so many that were wish-listed in the romance genre) that had long wishlists and it just tickles me to be able to send a book to someone knowing they are going to want to read it and have waited for it.